Do you think programming is difficult? Ask a carpenter! The story: Mr. Marco, from a small town near Florence, has been restoring old furniture for 40 years. When he receives a damaged Baroque armchair in his workshop, he doesn't panic. His brain immediately switches to a mode that universities call Computational Thinking. Decomposition: Marco doesn't repair the “armchair.” He repairs the leg, replaces the springs, cleans the upholstery, and replenishes the polish. He sees the project as a collection of small tasks. Pattern Recognition: He looks at the wood grain and knows: “This is oak, it will react to this varnish the same way as the dresser from a month ago.” Experience is his database. Abstraction: When he designs the upholstery pattern, he doesn't worry about the fact that one…
